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Soundproof – The Sound Of Tomorrow Today (plus Soundblast)

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2 amazing 50s albums from the team of Ferrante & Teicher – easily some of their greatest and wildest work on record! First up is Soundproof, a record that has Ferrante & Teicher playing the piano like nobody else – save perhaps for John Cage! The duo do a heck of a lot of work inside the piano – plucking the strings, hitting them like vibes, and sticking in all of these weird bits to create a "prepared piano" sound that far surpasses the ideas that even Cage came up with! And through all of this, they always manage a hi-fi swing – working the piano to come up with amazing tracks that sound more electronic than acoustic, a perfect fit for the space-age cover of the album! Titles include "Peg Leg Meringue", "Tico Tico", "La Cucaracha", "Loose Ends Meringue", "Cumana", and "Frenesi". Soundblast is mindblowing work from the duo of Ferrante & Teicher – a set that's filled with odd experiments, prepared piano techniques, and a lot more weird sounds than their straighter pop albums of the 60s! This one's really got a feel that lives up to the space age cover – an otherworldly approach that uses the piano both for melody and rhythm, thanks to a highly percussive approach to the tunes, and the use of odd bits stuck inside the piano. The pair also play the strings of the piano directly too – not just through the keyboard, but plucking and striking them from inside – further creating lots of weird sounds! Titles include "Peg Leg Meringue", "Tico Tico", "La Cucaracha", 'Loos Ends Meringue", "Cumana", and "Frenesi".  © 1996-2013, Dusty Groove, Inc.